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Today, if pros in that same position
want to remain in the league and reap
its many benefits, they might have a strength trainer, a nutritionist and a sports
psychologist on a full-time retainer.
hope to be a consistent threat. Nor can you refuse to sight fish or refuse to go offshore.
Sure, a few pros like Andy Morgan experience success while keeping it simple, but you have to be a super-human talent to do it that way.
Even Tommy Biffle, known for three decades as a dedicated and superlative flipper, has probably won more money with his namesake Biffle Bug over the past five years than he has with the long rod and a flipping jig.
In this respect – whether or not you want to characterize it as a Capital-S-Sport – bass fishing is no different than any other professional competitive endeavor. During the 1960s, pro basketball players could stay in shape with a little bit of pickup ball as they sold insurance or peddled Chevrolets during the offseason. Some might’ve never lifted a weight.
Today, if pros in that same position want to remain in the league and reap its many benefits, they might have a strength trainer, a nutritionist and a sports psychologist on a full-time retainer. There might be a few preternaturally gifted athletes who can eat McDonald’s and remain in playing shape with a bit of playground hooping, but for the other 99%, it’s a full-time deal, with no offseason.
To the extent that same model increasingly applies to bass fishing, and creates barriers to entry for newcomers, we should welcome that as a sign of our beloved sport reaching maturity. •
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